Event
Manufacturing Brighter Futures
February 10, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Since the 1990s, SHoP Architects has been a leader in redefining the practice of architecture. The firm has developed a unique suite of tools and techniques that have allowed it to take a primary position in wide-ranging conversations about the future of the built environment. Founding principal Christopher Sharples has been at the center of this critical work, advancing a comprehensive vision that unites a pioneer's understanding of developing modes of fabrication and assembly with a deeply human sense of responsibility for the ramifications of new ways of building across labor, culture, community, education, social justice, climate response and the arts.
Panelist
Christopher Sharples
Principal at SHoP Architects
Bio
Christopher Sharples is a founding principal of SHoP. He is an industry advocate for new practices in design, fabrication and assembly that advance sustainability and equity in the built environment. Christopher has led many definitive SHoP projects, including Essex Crossing in Manhattan, the recently completed Uber Headquarters in San Francisco, and several U.S. Embassies through the Design Excellence contract with the State Department's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO). His priority in SHoP tech development and process innovation is to accelerate workflow and elevate opportunities for efficiency, resilience and collaboration across AEC industries. Christopher holds Bachelor of History and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees from Dickinson College, and his Master of Architecture from Columbia University. He has taught, lectured, exhibited, and been published frequently and internationally.
Sharples will share his experience in the delivery of notable design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) projects, including the Barclays Center and the Botswana Innovation Hub, and environmentally progressive work, such as the recently opened Uber Headquarters in San Francisco. He will explore current leading-edge techniques for consolidating production around federated 3D-model environments—the "digital twin" approach—as well as how these new tools are revolutionizing communications across project teams and streamlining decision-making in the architect-client relationships